TOGAF® 9 Certification Growth – Number of Individuals Certified Increases in the Last 12 Months – Now Over 24,000

By Andrew Josey, The Open Group

The number of individuals certified in the TOGAF® 9 certification program as of July 1st 2013 was 23,800. This represents 9000 new certifications in the equivalent twelve month period. Today (22nd July 2013) the total number of certifications is 24,213.

TOGAF continues to be adopted globally with certified individuals from ninety-six different countries.

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The top five countries include UK, USA, Netherlands, Australia and India.

Individuals certified by Country – TOP 10 Countries – July 2013

Rank

# Individuals

Country

Percentage

1

3629

UK

15.32%

2

3058

USA

12.91%

3

2277

Netherlands

9.61%

4

1648

Australia

6.96%

5

1611

India

6.8%

6

1118

Canada

4.72%

7

949

South Africa

4.01%

8

819

France

3.46%

9

810

China

3.42%

10

796

Finland

3.36%

Individuals certified by Region – July 2013

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There are forty-eight TOGAF 9 training partners worldwide and fifty-six accredited TOGAF 9 courses.  More information on TOGAF 9 Certification, including the directory of Certified People and official accredited training course calendar, can be obtained from The Open Group website at: http://www.opengroup.org/togaf9/cert/.

Andrew Josey is Director of Standards within The Open Group. He is currently managing the standards process for The Open Group, and has recently led the standards development projects for TOGAF 9.1, ArchiMate 2.0, IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (POSIX), and the core specifications of the Single UNIX Specification, Version 4. Previously, he has led the development and operation of many of The Open Group certification development projects, including industry-wide certification programs for the UNIX system, the Linux Standard Base, TOGAF, and IEEE POSIX. He is a member of the IEEE, USENIX, UKUUG, and the Association of Enterprise Architects.